Uli Stein

Uli Stein, 2009

Ulrich " Uli " Stein ( born October 23, 1954 in Hamburg ) is a former German footballer and current goalkeeper coach.

Player

Club career

Uli Stein played as a goalkeeper 1978-1997 512 times in the Bundesliga, 133 times in the Bundesliga 2 and 57 times in various European cup competitions. With 645 inserts in the top two divisions it is so that the player with the most stakes in German professional football.

His professional career began in 1976 with Arminia Bielefeld, he then joined Hamburger SV ( 1980-1987 ). From 1987 to 1994 he played for Eintracht Frankfurt, returned for the 1994/95 season but once again for HSV back after his involvement in concord 1994 ended prematurely and he for a short time as honorary coach of the 1st FC lengths in the district league Offenbach deputized. The following year he was playing for Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga 2, abolished the rise and ended after the 1996/1997 season of his career. In the 2001/2002 season, he made ​​a game for Kickers Emden in the Oberliga Niedersachsen -Bremen and 2003/ 04 celebrated stone again a brief comeback in the big leagues when he helped out at the age of 49 years for three games at VfB Fichte Bielefeld.

With the HSV he won the DFB-Pokal in 1987 and in 1982 and 1983 German Masters. One of the highlights of his career was 1983, also winning the European Cup of Champions. With Eintracht Frankfurt he won the DFB-Pokal in 1988 and defended the title as a player in 1987. He was the first goalkeeper who managed this with two different clubs.

During his time at Hamburg, he was also three times German Vice Champion ( 1981, 1984 and 1987 ) and reached with the team both the final of the UEFA Cup in 1982 and the World Cup final in 1983.

National

In the national team he came from 1983 to 1986 six times for the DFB used and stood in 1986 at the World Cup in Mexico in the German squad.

Others

Stone fell beside his athletic performance by many uncontrolled actions. So he was sent at the World Cup in Mexico from DFB chief Hermann Neuberger home early after team boss Franz Beckenbauer - had referred to as " Suppenkasper " - in reference to Beckenbauer's pretty wooden acting Soup commercials of the 60s. This meant the end of his career in the national team. He came, therefore, as one of the most successful and best goalkeepers of his time, only 6 countries playing in the German national team. Before the 1990 World Cup Franz Beckenbauer called down to Uli Stein, to explore the possibility of a comeback in the national team. Because of resistors in the DFB, it did not come to a return Uli Stein.

In the DFB Cup match in 1986 of FC Augsburg against Hamburger SV in the Augsburg Rosenau Stadium had to leave the place Uli Stein a red card. He said goodbye to the Augsburg fans with the demonstrative show of stinky finger, after he had been abused badly by them.

Before the season 1987/88 the then playing for HSV stone in the DFB - Supercup was again punished with a red card for a fist strike against Bayern striker Jürgen Wegmann after his goal to 1:2. Because of this, afterwards called by the media " rock beat " he was released from HSV and moved to Eintracht Frankfurt.

There again made ​​stone on Matchday 1 of the 1988/89 season with the stricter rule change on " Unsportsmanlike conduct " acquaintance. After conceding to 0:1 at Bayern Munich ( Full 0:3), he refused to return to the gate guarded by him. Wittke referee warned him then with a yellow card and put it back a short time later, after Uli Stein had mockingly slapped him acclaim, with a red card from the square.

In 1993, he scored his book "half-time " in which he aufarbeitete the 1986 World Cup in his view, for media furore.

Activity by End of career

In April and July 2006 Stone took along with other ex- footballers from across Europe at the PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup. He came here with the German team to the semi-final against Denmark and reached the third place. He was also briefly coach of TuS Celle Lower Saxony traditional club FC and helped the Oberliga Kickers Emden for a game against the BV Cloppenburg, as all goalkeepers in the Kickers were injured. Stone held in a 3-0 home win of the East Frisian his " clean sheet ".

In March 2007, he was goalkeeper coach of the national football team of Nigeria. After Berti Vogts stepped down from his head coach of the Nigerian team in February 2008, also provided Uli Stein his post available. In April 2008 took stone, again on the side of Berti Vogts, the goalkeeper coach post with the national football team of Azerbaijan in. Stone signed a contract initially until the end of 2009, which has since been extended.

Since 2010 he is the godfather of the children's hospice for terminally ill children Bethel.

Works

• Uli Stein: mid-term. A balance without coverage. Publisher Georg Simader in publishing Earthscan, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-927515-35-3.